136. Trivandrum East

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.0% to 2.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1991.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.7% between them, down from 84.9% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.